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enListen Reviewhttp://www.maclife.com/article/audio_and_music_software/listen_review
<!--paging_filter--><p>Ever since Apple revolutionized digital music with the iPod, we've been looking for faster ways to navigate our ever-expanding music libraries. Even with its iOS 7 overhaul, Apple's Music app still offers fairly basic controls, forcing us to focus on the screen and tap tiny buttons when we're on the road or out for a run. The aptly named Listen thinks it has tapped into a better method. With a buttonless interface that eschews digital controls in favor of simple gestures, the music player looks to change the way we listen to music on our iPhones by relying less on our eyes.</p><p><img src="/files/u338318/2014/01/listen.png" width="620" height="548" /></p><p>It takes some time to get acclimated to Listen's unique interface — and it didn't help that the tutorial crashed during our testing — but after spending a few minutes with the app, we got the hang of it. A tap lets you play or pause, while swiping left or right changes tracks. Pulling down on the now-playing image brings up a stunning view of your music library displayed as large circles (with background gradients that change to match them), while sliding it up reveals a menu with rewind, fast-forward, sharing, and Airplay options. Neat animations give instant feedback to your touches, while a clever circular progress bar fills in around the album artwork. Sadly, there's no audio scrubbing functionality — it's just eye candy.</p><p>While the interface looks great, Listen isn't quite as eyes-free as advertised. The concept goes to great lengths to encourage randomness, so it can be frustrating if you want to listen to something specific. Libraries are arranged strictly by album, and the search field (which can be laggy at times) automatically starts playing a song, even when selecting an artist. It also struggled mightily with our large iTunes Match library, leading to continuously long waits for albums to load and a couple of crashes.</p><p><strong>The bottom line.</strong> Listen wants to be the eyes and ears of your music library, but its overly simple interface still requires a great deal of looking (and waiting) to do what you want it to.</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-the-bottom-line"><legend>Review Synopsis</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-product">
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/listen-gesture-music-player/id768223310" target="_blank">Listen 2.0.1</a></p> </div>
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MacPaw </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="http://www.macpaw.com" target="_blank">www.macpaw.com</a></p> </div>
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Free </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Pretty interface with cool circular album artwork. Intuitive controls. Fun, responsive animations.</p> </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Struggles to handle large iTunes Match libraries. Album-only view can make navigation difficult. Laggy search field.</p> </div>
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http://www.maclife.com/article/audio_and_music_software/listen_review#commentsReviewsapp store reviewsAppLifeAppsAudioAudio and Music SoftwareiPod and iPhoneListenMacPawMusicplaybackSoftwareiPadiPhoneiPodThu, 09 Jan 2014 18:54:29 +0000Michael Simon19020 at http://www.maclife.comUsers Report Video Playback Issues with Newest MacBook Airhttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/users_report_video_playback_issues_newest_macbook_air
<!--paging_filter--><p>It seems the new MacBook Air just can't get a break. Less than a month after reports surfaced that users were having <a href="http://www.maclife.com/article/news/new_macbook_air_users_frustrated_wifi_connectivity_issues" target="_blank">trouble connecting to the system's Wi-Fi</a> (after which Apple quickly released a patch), we now hear via <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2013/07/10/customers-reporting-volume-fluctuations-when-playing-videos-on-latest-macbook-air/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+9To5Mac-MacAllDay+%289+to+5+Mac+-+Apple+Intelligence%29" target="_blank">9to5Mac</a> that several MacBook Air owners are experiencing issues with video playback on the lightweight notebook.</p><p>For specifics, the complaints center on fluctuations in the volume level when users play video files. The issues don't affect every video, but they do seem to lie in the system itself, as the problem's been reported across almost every media platform, including QuickTime, VLC, Vevo, and Hulu. It even pops up while watching videos on Safari or Chrome. Worse yet, MacBook Air owners have also encountered the problem while playing videos on the beta version of Mac OS X Mavericks.</p><p><img src="/files/u334114/2013/07/macbookair.jpg" width="620" height="300" /></p><p>On the bright side, Apple seems eager to discover the source of the problem--even to the extent of offering immediate replacements if you send in a defective unit. As a caveat, however, they offer no guarantee that the replacement unit won't suffer from the same problems.</p><p>As 9to5Mac notes, it also doesn't seem to affect as many units as the Wi-Fi issue judging from the participation on the Apple Support Communities forums alone, as <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/message/22307039#22307039" target="_blank">the relevant thread</a> has so far only attracted 96 replies. That's considerably less than the Wi-Fi issue attracted over the same time frame, although that could merely spring from the fact that the issue isn't as immediately obvious as a dead Wi-Fi connection.</p><p><em> Follow this article's writer, <a href="https://twitter.com/LeifJohnson" target="_blank">Leif Johnson</a>, on Twitter.</em></p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/users_report_video_playback_issues_newest_macbook_air#commentsNewscustomer supportmacbook airplaybackProblemsReplacementsvideoWed, 10 Jul 2013 23:10:13 +0000Leif Johnson17489 at http://www.maclife.comInfuse Reviewhttp://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/infuse_review
<!--paging_filter--><p>Cupertino may frown on formats like AVI and MKV, but that hasn’t stopped developers from creating apps to support playing such videos via iOS. The problem is, most of them are downright ugly. Luckily, that isn’t a problem for Infuse, a universal video player from the folks behind aTV Flash.<br /><br />The first thing Infuse gets right is artwork. It’s the only third-party video player we’ve found that displays iTunes-friendly embedded artwork (and trust us, we’ve looked). Better yet, if a file is missing artwork, Infuse will find it, along with key metadata such as cast, genre, and synopsis. The app displays the results in a slick, graphically rich movie theatre-themed user interface. Placeholder icons resembling ticket stubs appear as thumbnails are added; on the iPad (or iPhone/iPod touch landscape view), a slideshow of your video library appears above icons for movies synced from iTunes or added via File Sharing.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/files/u325188/2013/05/main_0.png" width="620" height="465" /></p><p>Despite the luscious UI, there’s no way to organize media into folders or collections – for example, TV show episodes appear as individual content, rather than stacked under one title. Infuse also needs an option to keep synced iTunes videos separate from content that's added manually. While Infuse deftly fetches metadata, the app stumbles when it can’t find a title. Obscure sci-fi parody Alien vs. Alien showed up instead as big-budget blockbuster Cowboys vs. Aliens, with no way to override it. The latest version does add an “Other” option for fixing incorrect metadata, but only appears when a match exists. Thankfully, files with the Home Movies genre tag are exempt from matching.<br /><br />Infuse is also capable of downloading optional subtitles from the Internet, but fails to include basic features such as AirPlay or HDMI video output support. However, you do have full control over brightness, zoom, multiple audio tracks, and support for scrobbling content to a free Trakt account for keeping track of what you’re watching.<br /><br /><strong>The bottom line.</strong> Infuse certainly lives up to its claims of being beautiful, but we’d prefer a little less time in front of the mirror and a few additional features instead.</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-the-bottom-line"><legend>Review Synopsis</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-product">
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/infuse-beautiful-way-to-watch/id577130046" target="_blank">Infuse 1.2.3</a></p> </div>
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FireCore, LLC </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="http://www.firecore.com" target="_blank">http://www.firecore.com</a></p> </div>
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$4.99 </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Elegant, movie theatre-themed user interface. Automatically downloads metadata, artwork, and subtitles. Only third-party video player we’ve found that displays embedded iTunes artwork.</p> </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>No AirPlay or HDMI video support. Content can’t be organized into folders. No way to disable matching for unrecognized titles. iTunes File Sharing required for adding movies manually.</p> </div>
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http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/infuse_review#commentsGalleryReviewsapp store reviewsAppLifeaviInfuseiPad AppsiPhone and iPodiPod and iPhoneMKVmoviesplaybackreviewsSoftwaresoftwarevideoiPadMon, 13 May 2013 18:36:40 +0000J.R. Bookwalter16986 at http://www.maclife.comT3 Player Reviewhttp://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/t3_player_review
<!--paging_filter--><p>There's no shortage of iPhone and iPod touch music players in the App Store. They all basically do the same thing, but each one presents your tunes in a unique way, using clever interfaces and bold fonts to make your music look as good as it sounds. Many of them subscribe to Dieter Rams' principles of good design, but as far as we can tell, only one pays direct homage to his timeless vision.<br /><br />To say T3 Player is inspired by Rams' Braun radio is like saying the iPhone 4S is inspired by the iPhone 4. Needless to say, there's quite a bit of skeuomorphism in its delightful interface. We're not so sure Rams would approve of the ornamental speaker grille that takes up two-thirds of the screen, but T3 is still one of the nicest music players we've ever used. It's a bit like Weather Dial; most of the hard work initially went into its gorgeous design, and the features will probably come with future updates.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/files/u325188/2013/03/screen_15.png" width="620" height="465" /></p><p>Unlike its peers that automatically sync with your music library, T3 utilizes a playlist-type system, in which songs are manually "added" to a queue. The controls are smooth and almost iPod-like as the dial spins from play to pause to skip. A small window tells you what's playing, and while there is no visible scrubber bar, running your finger across the song title will fast-forward or rewind with remarkable precision.<br /><br />As much as we loved T3's interface, however, we found it to be a classic case of form over function. While the playlist method helps keep the everything clean and sparse on the main screen, it can get tedious, especially when it reverts to the first song every time playback is stopped. Even though it supports background listening and Airplay (via Apple's app switcher), T3 doesn't play nice with iTunes Match, so we had to download a bunch of songs first – some of which refused to play for some reason.<br /><br /><strong>The bottom line. </strong>T3 Player's interface sings, but it falls flat as a fully-featured music player.</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-the-bottom-line"><legend>Review Synopsis</legend><div class="field field-type-text field-field-product">
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/t3-player-simpler-way-to-listen/id602942176?mt=8" target="_blank">T3 Player 1.1</a></p> </div>
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Motion Pixels </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p><a href="http://www.motionpixels.co" target="_blank">http://www.motionpixels.co</a></p> </div>
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$0.99 </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Impeccable minimal interface. Clever invisible scrubber bar.</p> </div>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>No iTunes Match support. Some playback issues. Playlist resets every time a song stops playing.</p> </div>
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http://www.maclife.com/article/reviews/t3_player_review#commentsReviewsapp store reviewsAppLifeAudioiPhone and iPod AppsiPod and iPhoneMusicplaybackreviewsSoftwaresoftwareT3 PlayerTue, 12 Mar 2013 19:00:28 +0000Michael Simon16463 at http://www.maclife.comWindows 8 Makes DVD Playback a Paid Option, Could OS X Be Next?http://www.maclife.com/article/news/windows_8_makes_dvd_playback_paid_option_could_os_x_be_next
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u220903/windows_8_start_menu_200px.png" alt="Windows 8 Start menu" width="200" height="150" class="graphic-right" />With all of the recent chatter about new MacBook Pro models sans optical disc drive, it’s not hard to imagine that a discless future lies ahead. Apparently, Microsoft agrees, as they’ve let slip that Windows 8 will not only ship without Media Center but also without DVD player software as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/4/2998106/windows-8-drops-dvd-playback-media-center-upgrade?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">The Verge is reporting</a> that Microsoft has decided to make its Media Center software a paid upgrade in Windows 8, and that includes the ability to play DVDs. Claiming that optical disc use on computers is “in sharp decline,” Redmond will ship its latest operating system later this year without either of these once-major features.<br /><br />The reasoning behind the move is merely dollars and cents -- as in, the “significant amount in royalties” that Microsoft is required to pay to include optical media playback support. Instead, Windows 8 will focus more heavily on online media, with support for H.264, VC-1, MP4, AAC, WMA, MP3, PCM and Dolby Digital Plus codecs.<br /><br />Sure, the primary use of Dolby Digital these days is for playing back AC3-encoded audio from video DVDs, but apparently nobody told the folks in Redmond. Media Center itself will be available only as an additional purchase after installing Windows 8, available from the new “Add Features to Windows 8” control panel -- although the company isn’t saying how much that will set you back just yet.<br /><br />Could Apple follow suit with the same sinister scheme in OS X Mountain Lion? That doesn’t appear to be the case thus far, and Cupertino historically isn’t one to try to gouge its users with extra costs (notable past exceptions include QuickTime Pro and that odd accounting quirk that forced iPod touch owners to pay for iOS updates).<br /><br />Meanwhile, the market for free and inexpensive third-party DVD player software on Windows is likely to get a nice boost later this year, while OS X Mountain Lion users will continue with business as usual -- at least for now.<br /><br /><em>Follow this article’s author, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JRBTempe" target="_blank">J.R. Bookwalter on Twitter</a></em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>http://www.maclife.com/article/news/windows_8_makes_dvd_playback_paid_option_could_os_x_be_next#commentsNewsadd-onsDolby DigitalDVDMedia CenterMicrosoftOS X Mountain Lionpaid upgradesplaybackWindows 8MacFri, 04 May 2012 11:43:10 +0000J.R. Bookwalter13989 at http://www.maclife.comHow to Play Videos on Your iPad with PlayerXtremehttp://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_play_videos_your_ipad_playerxtreme
<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u12635/playerxtreme_teaser-1.png" width="150" height="148" class="graphic-right" />Tired of the tedious conversion process it takes to get your iOS device to play back videos? Want to watch your videos in more than just the handfull of proprietary file formats? Fortunately, there’s an app for that. You can play almost any video format under the sun on your iPad with the PlayerXtreme app. Read on to learn how.</p><h3>What You Need:</h3><p>&gt;&gt; iPad with iOS 4.0 or later<br />&gt;&gt; <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/playerxtreme-hd-premium-multimedia/id456584471?mt=8" target="_blank">PlayerXtreme</a> (free, for limited time)<br /><br /></p><h3>1. Round up your files</h3><p>PlayerXtreme supports many different file formats right out of the box. Here’s a full list of all of the video files you’ll be able to play: 3gp, asf, avi, divx, dv, dat, flv, gxf, m2p, m2ts, m2v, m4v, mkv, moov, mov, mp4, mpeg, mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg4, mpg, mpv, mt2s, mts, mxf, ogm, ogv, ps, qt, rm, rmvb, ts, vob, webm, wm, and wmv.<br /><br />Think that’s a lot? Yeah, we think so too!</p><h3>2. Transferring your videos into iTunes</h3><p>Getting videos into the PlayerXtreme application is an easy thing to do with iTunes. With the application installed on your iPad, and your iPad connected to your Mac, launch iTunes.</p><p><a class="thickbox" href="/files/u12635/px_1.png"><img src="/files/u12635/px_1.png" width="620" height="383" class="thickbox" /></a><br />Click on your device in under the “Devices” section, and then click on the Apps tab. Under the “File Sharing” heading, locate the PlayerXtreme application, and then drag and drop a video file with one of file formats listed in the section above. After adding the files, sync your device to transfer the video files.</p><h3>3. Transferring your videos over Wi-Fi</h3><p><a class="thickbox" href="/files/u12635/px_1b.png"><img src="/files/u12635/px_1b.png" width="620" height="465" class="thickbox" /></a></p><p>If both your Mac and iPad are connected to the same network, then you can easily transfer videos over Wi-Fi. To do this, open the PlayerXtreme application, and navigate to the Settings tab. Once there, locate the “Wifi” settings, and slide the switch to “ON” for the Wi-Fi Server.</p><p><a class="thickbox" href="/files/u12635/px_1a.png"><img src="/files/u12635/px_1a.png" width="620" height="495" class="thickbox" /></a><br /><br />Next, type the “Browser Address” that gets generated into your Mac’s web browser. In the page that is displayed, you can upload files to your device by clicking on “Add files,” then locating the file in the file browser. To begin the file transfer, you’ll then need to click on “Start upload.” <br /><br />In addition, you can download any of the videos stored on your iPad to your computer by clicking on the filename in the “Shared Files” section.</p><h3>4. Playing Your Videos</h3><p>After launching the PlayerXtreme application on your iPad, ensure that the Library tab is selected. Here, you can see all of the videos have been loaded onto your device, and can organize the videos with folders, or search through your library by tapping on the small magnifying glass at the top, right-hand side of the screen.</p><p><br /><a class="thickbox" href="/files/u12635/px_2.png"><img src="/files/u12635/px_2.png" width="620" height="465" class="thickbox" /></a><br />Tapping on a video file will bring up a list of options: Play, Cut, Rename, Delete, and Info.</p><p><a class="thickbox" href="/files/u12635/px_3.png"><img src="/files/u12635/px_3.png" width="620" height="465" class="thickbox" /></a><br /><br />Tap on Play to open the video in the player view. In this view, you can use the scrubber at the top of the screen to advance to a particular part of the video. You can also tap on the small “i” (Info) button in the top, right-hand corner of the screen to view things like title, duration, start time, end time, and your device’s battery life. If your video supports multiple audio tracks, then you can switch between them by tapping on the Menu button in the lower, right-hand corner of the player view. To exit the view and return to your video library, tap on the Done button.<br /><br /><em>Cory Bohon is a freelance technology writer, indie Mac and iOS developer, and amateur photographer. Follow this article's author, <a href="http://twitter.com/coryb/" target="_blank">Cory Bohon on Twitter</a>.</em></p>http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_play_videos_your_ipad_playerxtreme#commentsavidivxfile formatsiPadmgpmoviesplaybackPlayerXtremeVideoswindows mediaiPadiPhoneiPodHow-TosTue, 10 Apr 2012 20:19:32 +0000Cory Bohon13742 at http://www.maclife.comUsers Experiencing 27-inch iMac Problemshttp://www.maclife.com/article/news/users_experiencing_27inch_imac_problems
<!--paging_filter--><p><img alt="27 Inch iMac large" height="347" src="/files/u12635/27inchiMac_large.jpg" width="380" /> </p><p>The 27-inch <a href="http://apple.com/imac" target="_blank">iMac</a> hasn't been out long, and users are already reporting performance problems with the new model.</p><p>There are two Apple Discussion Board threads [<a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2207829&amp;tstart=0" target="_blank">one</a>, <a href="http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2208018&amp;tstart=15" target="_blank">two</a>] of users reporting problems with laggy Flash-video playback, a bug that causes the hard drive to spin down, corrupted build of Snow Leopard, and possible bad permissions problems. </p><p>Apple has yet to validate any of these claims, but if you own a 27-inch iMac and are you're experiencing with any of these issues, it might be worth a call to <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/contact/" target="_blank">AppleCare</a>. </p>
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